VILLUPURAM: Tamil Nadu ex-Special Director General of Police Rajesh Das, who was charged with sexually harassing a woman IPS officer in 2021, was on Friday convicted and sentenced to three years Rigorous Imprisonment by a local court in Villupuram.
In addition, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Villupuram has also imposed a fine of Rs 20,500.
The court also found guilty the then Chengalpattu Superintendent of Police Kannan, who was also named in the FIR, according to Amjath Ali, one of the lawyers who was representing the prosecution.
Earlier in 2021, the Tamil Nadu Home Department under the AIADMK government had suspended Das and constituted a six-member inquiry committee after the woman IPS officer alleged sexual harassment by Das who was the Special Director-General of Police (DGP) of Law and Order then. The woman officer had filed a complaint against the senior officer in February 2021.
Chief Minister Stalin who was then in the opposition had warned that the DMK will launch a massive protest if the state government did not take action against Das.
In addition, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Villupuram has also imposed a fine of Rs 20,500.
The court also found guilty the then Chengalpattu Superintendent of Police Kannan, who was also named in the FIR, according to Amjath Ali, one of the lawyers who was representing the prosecution.
Earlier in 2021, the Tamil Nadu Home Department under the AIADMK government had suspended Das and constituted a six-member inquiry committee after the woman IPS officer alleged sexual harassment by Das who was the Special Director-General of Police (DGP) of Law and Order then. The woman officer had filed a complaint against the senior officer in February 2021.
Chief Minister Stalin who was then in the opposition had warned that the DMK will launch a massive protest if the state government did not take action against Das.
